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Vassal definition: (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant..
Definition of vassal noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
vassal: 1 n a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord Synonyms: feudatory , liege , liege subject , liegeman Type of: follower a person who accepts the leadership of another
Vassal, one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord in a feudal society. Under the feudal contract, the lord had the duty to provide the fief for his vassal, to protect him, and to do him justice in his court. In return, the lord had the right to demand the services attached to the fief.
vas•sal. (ˈvæs əl) n. 1. (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usu. military service to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. 2. a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject or subordinate. 3. a servant or slave.
Definition of vassal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Vassal definition: (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
